Harper is one week old...

In beginning this post, I know it's going to be a short one with mostly photos of our first five days home as a family.  Baby Harper is dozing in my lap and I'm left with only one hand to type.  He's the perfect baby this far.  I know that can change with the drop of a hat, but I'll take it for now...and I'll definitely brag while I can.  He is so laid back, just like his daddy.  Take last night for example...He fed before bed.  We set our alarm for four hours from then, and we had to wake him to feed him!  Then we set our alarm for another four hours, which put us close to 8am, and we had to wake him again!  He's such a good sleeper.  He was soothing himself back to sleep last night after his feeding and diaper change with his pacifier and it kept falling out!  We're working on those motor skills early!  So I scooped him out of his bassinet and cradled him in bed with me on my chest to help him keep his pacifier close...We snuggled, he sucked while holding so tight onto my finger, and we napped for an hour together in the middle of the night.  It was pure bliss.  He's such a sweet boy...Then back to his bassinet he went for the rest of the night.  It was perfect...and of course I confessed to Daddy when he woke up this morning!

I thought I should post today seeing as Harper is already a week old.  Time is flying by too quickly.  When family comes to visit we hear how much he's changed and grown in just the day they spent away from him.  Last evening I was talking with Gus about our handsome little man and I got a little sad.  I thought, we have this perfect, gorgeous, sweet little boy.  We were blessed with him less than a week ago, and have a lifetime with him.  But why do I already have to dwell on the fact that he's on his way out the door...on his way to living life on his own???  It comes up every day...and every day I try to not think about it!  I've only known him for a week and I have no idea what I would do without him...

So far he gets VERY excited about his pacifier...He shakes his head at it trying to get it in his mouth and pants uncontrollably until it gets in there just right.  It's the sweetest and makes me smile every time.  He's rather consistent with his funny faces and sweet little noises.  I've only seen tears once in the last week and that was at his weight check up at the doctor on Wednesday...He is modest and wasn't into the naked weigh-in!  But at least we know all his pipes are up and running just fine.

Well I think that's enough for now.  I'll leave with some more photos...Probably too many photos!  It's difficult to pick just a few when he's soo sweet to look at!

Harper at 4 days old...

Five days old with Gus' Grandpa Keith and Nana Molan

Four generations of Molan Men

Five days old and very alert!

So sweet, sleepy Harper

Nanci, Harper and I...trying to keep the little man cool on a hot fall day!

Harper and I relaxing while Daddy watches sports of some sort on tv behind us!  I'm teaching Harper that this is nothing new, and will consume about six out of seven days a week for us between now and spring with football and then Blazer season!  So far, Harper doesn't seem to mind...

Reverting back to his favorite position for the last nine months.

My favorite picture of the two of us this far.  I had no idea we were being photographed.  Completely candid...perfectly content...